Natural Gas Inventories as of August 19, 2022
The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net increase of 60 Bcf as of August 19, 2022.
Working gas in storage was 2,579 Bcf as of Friday, August 19, 2022, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 60 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 268 Bcf less than last year at this time and 335 Bcf below the five-year average of 2,886 Bcf.
At 2,932 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
| Working gas in underground storage, Lower 48 states | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical Comparisons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stocks billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
Year ago (8/19/21) |
5-year average (2017-21) |
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| Region | 8/19/22 | 8/12/22 | net change | implied flow | Bcf | % change | Bcf | % change | |||||||||||||||||
| East | 598 | 571 | 27 | 27 | 659 | -9.3 | 689 | -13.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 714 | 684 | 30 | 30 | 786 | -9.2 | 785 | -9.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 153 | 151 | 2 | 2 | 188 | -18.6 | 186 | -17.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 243 | 248 | -5 | -5 | 241 | 0.8 | 272 | -10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Central | 871 | 866 | 5 | 5 | 972 | -10.4 | 1,000 | -12.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salt | 184 | 185 | -1 | -1 | 231 | -20.3 | 246 | -25.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonsalt | 687 | 681 | 6 | 6 | 742 | -7.4 | 755 | -9.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2,579 | 2,519 | 60 | 60 | 2,847 | -9.4 |
2,932 | -12.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All regions, experienced net increase, the Pacific, and the South Central Salt regions, experienced a net decrease.
All regions are below the five-year average.
